Obstinacy of Things: Still Life in Photographic Concepts of the Present Dirty Furniture are interspersed with evocative extracts

are interspersed with evocative extracts from Hussain’s numerous conversations with Muslim men

the book does not base its concept on the identity of the persons depicted – whether friends

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or posing with their smartphones – a picture of youth in search of a carefree life

Obstinacy of Things: Still Life in Photographic Concepts of the Present Dirty Furniture are interspersed with evocative extractsThis volume presents possible internal dialogues in the mind of the artist when creating still life photographic images. Features work by Ketuta Alexi Meskhishvili (GE), Dirk Braeckman (BE), Moyra Davey (CAN), Tacita Dean (GB), Gerald Domenig(AT), Harun Farocki (DE), Hans Peter Feldmann(DE), Manuel Gorkiewicz (AT), Jan Groover (US), Matthias Herrmann (DE), David Hockney (GB), Leo Kandl (AT), Annette Kelm (DE), Elad Lassry (IL), Zoe Leonard (US), Laura